Here is a summary of the criminal history of James Joseph Strode, whose federal conviction for bank robbery was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in 2000 because of prosecutorial misconduct. Further crimes followed.

Corrections officials failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover the girl he allegedly kidnapped and held in his backyard for 18 years, a report summary released Wednesday said.

Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson whose remorseless witness stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died. She was 61 and had been suffering from brain cancer.

In the days before his arrest, cracks showed in the elaborate facade authorities say Phillip Garrido built to conceal the girl he kidnapped, raped and imprisoned and those cracks were of Garrido's own making.

Some legal scholars and people who work with missing children say police are overwhelmed by the number of registered sex offenders they have to monitor. They say tough laws that require all sex offenders to register, no matter how small the offense, are counterproductive.

Music legend and convicted murderer Phil Spector, who complained recently about his prison quarters but later said he wanted to stay put, is being moved to make room for inmates requiring outpatient mental health treatment, a corrections spokeswoman said Tuesday.